Thomas Walter Swan (December 20, 1877 – July 13, 1975) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Education and career Born in Norwich, Connecticut Swan received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Yale University in 1900. He received a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1903. He was in private practice of law in Chicago, Illinois from 1903 to 1916. He was a lecturer in law at the University of Chicago from 1903 to 1904, and in 1908. He was Dean and Professor of Law at Yale Law School from 1916 to 1927. Federal judicial service Swan was nominated by President Calvin Coolidge on December 15, 1926, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated by Judge Henry Wade Rogers. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 22, 1926, and received his commission the same day. He served as Chief Judge and as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1951 to 1953. He assumed senior status on July 1, 1953. His service was terminated on July 13, 1975, due to his death. Notable decisions as sitting judge Nichols v. Universal Pictures Corp. - 1930 United States v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries - 1936 United States v. Peoni - 1938 Kenan v. Commissioner - 1940 United States v. Crimmins - 1941 United States v. Alcoa - 1945 Farid-Es-Sultaneh v. Commissioner - 1947 United States v. Drescher - 1950 American Communications Ass'n v. Douds - 1950 Wilko v. Swan - 1953 Stanton v. United States - 1959 See also List of United States federal judges by longevity of service References Sources (biography of Learned Hand, Swan's fellow judge on the Second Circuit, contains extensive discussion of Swan) Marcia Nelson, The Remarkable Hands: An Affectionate Portrait (Federal Bar Foundation 1983) Marvin Schick, Learned Hand's Court (Johns Hopkins 1970) 1877 births 1975 deaths Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit United States court of appeals judges appointed by Calvin Coolidge 20th-century American judges Yale University alumni Harvard Law School alumni Deans of Yale Law School Yale Sterling Professors